Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 3:3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
leads to
“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on…
Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Through
2 Corinthians 3:3It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on…
leads to
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And…
I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
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Voices5
Bind them in your heart forever, etc. And keep the precepts of the Lord fixed in your mind, and safeguard your speech with their sweetness on all sides, lest you fall into sin in your speech.
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735patristic
Bind them continually upon thine heart,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
The thought of Pro 3:3 is carried step further. No outward charm, but the law of obedience, shall give safety to the traveler, when he sleeps or when he wakes.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
Tie them about thy neck, as an ornament, a bracelet, or gold chain,-- about thy throat (so the word is); let them be a guard upon that pass; tie them about thy throat, that no forbidden fruit may be suffered to go in nor any evil word suffered to go out through the throat; and thus a great deal of sin would be prevented.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
(1.) By its arguments it is a light, which our understandings must subscribe to; it is a lamp to our eyes for discovery, and so to our feet for direction. The word of God reveals to us truths of eternal certainty, and is built upon the highest reason.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The verses this one reaches10
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
